Written questions
3,557 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Jun 2021 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Undocumented Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will publish data on the take-up of free school meals from children from families with No Recourse to Public Funds during the temporary extension period.
7 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
High Rise Flats: Insulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to take enforcement action in cases where high rise residential buildings with dangerous cladding have not been made safe; and if he will make a sta
7 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Waking Watch Relief Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how long he estimates recently introduced waking watch services will be in operation before they can be replaced with effective alarm systems funded through the Waking Watch Reli
7 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Building Safety Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken ahead of the Building Safety Fund application deadline to ensure that applications are submitted for all eligible buildings; and if he will ma
7 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his most recent assessment is of the effectiveness of the EWS1 process for residential buildings.
7 Jun 2021 · Home Office
Overseas Students: English Language
What progress she has made on resolving the immigration status of overseas students who have been falsely accused of cheating in English language tests.
24 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the £20 uplift in universal credit on levels of child poverty in (a) England and (b) East Ham constituency.
24 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the level of child poverty in (a) England and (b) East Ham constituency.
18 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Answer of 17 May 2021 to Question 35, what his Department’s definition of a short period of time is in respect of how long a Responsible Person should operate a W
18 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will call on the Government of Israel to cease its airstrikes on Gaza.
17 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Overseas Students: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what preparations his Department has made for covid-19 hotel quarantine for international students from (a) India and (b) other countries in autumn 2021; and if he will make a statement.
17 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Rents: Arrears
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of tenants that have built up rent arrears since covid-19 lockdown measures were introduced; and if he will make a statement.
17 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department plans to take to support people with No Recourse to Public Funds when the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ends.
17 May 2021 · Home Office
Migrants: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prepare for potential changes to the number of No Recourse to Public Funds change of conditions applications as a result of the end of the Coronavirus Job Retent
17 May 2021 · Home Office
Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the judgment in ST (a child, by his Litigation Friend VW) & VW v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 1085 (Admin), what plans she has to update guidance for no rec
12 May 2021 · Home Office
Migrants: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the end of the furlough scheme on people with leave to remain but no recourse to public funds; and if she will make a statement.
12 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 26 April 2021 to Question 187127 on Dementia: Prescription Drugs, what steps the Government is taking to (a) assess the reasons for the recent increase in anti-psych
12 May 2021 · Home Office
Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people her Department has on record as being in the UK with leave to remain but no recourse to public funds in each year since 2010.
12 May 2021 · Home Office
Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to change Rule GEN 1.11A of the Immigration Rules, in response to the decision in R (ST and VW) v SSHD [2021] EWHC 1085 (Admin) that the no recourse to public funds policy is unlawf
12 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will amend the current guidance on Visits out of care homes so that the position of people with learning disability in residential care is the same as that of people in supported living with
11 May 2021 · Cabinet Office
Population: Greater London
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the change in the population of London since the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement.
11 May 2021 · Home Office
Migrants: Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrant’s report, We Are Here, published April 2021, what steps victims of domestic abuse should take who are without leave to remain and who a
11 May 2021 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people living in the UK without leave to remain who entered the UK legally; and if she will make a statement.
11 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Waking Watch services; and if he will make a statement.
11 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Bangladesh: Hinduism
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Bangladeshi counterpart on recent attacks on Hindu communities in that country; and if he will make a statement.
27 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work Capability Assessment: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the letter of 24 March 2021 from the Minister for Disabled People to the Work and Pensions Committee, how many claimants her Department has identified as being ineligible for a remote
27 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to improve employment rates of young people from (a) Black and (b) Asian backgrounds and if she will make a statement.
26 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2021 to Questions 180914 and 180915 on Dementia: Prescription Drugs, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of people on the Dementia
26 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Buildings: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of buildings completed in England and Wales since 14 June 2017 that include (a) Celotex RS5000 insulation and (b) Kingspan K15 insulation.
26 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Buildings: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what fire safety assessments have been carried out on the use of (a) Celotex RS5000 insulation and (b) Kingspan K15 insulation for buildings (i) above and (ii) below 18 metres in
Source: official written-questions record.